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>> they get a big of a deal. we will do it in a long term. >> it is a 1 month extension of the debt ceiling compared to doing it until 2012. >>, the risk is that you lose credibility in the markets about your willingness to experience a few did that, it would be important to send signals somehow that you have a plan. >> better to do it now than ever did in 2213 than a month at a time? >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. i just have one question. in view is the largest holder of our treasury debt? is it the chinese government? is it the chinese institution? >> they have a lot of it. >> the reserve holdings is there. >> effectively, it became our debts and not paying this. we would be paying the chinese central bank. it would a probably raise the debt ceiling. there is used for the deficits that we face. we are trying to do that. ironically, when you do this, the irony and the priority is to the chinese central bank. it is lower on the pecking order. it would practically be seniors and social security recipients
>> they get a big of a deal. we will do it in a long term. >> it is a 1 month extension of the debt ceiling compared to doing it until 2012. >>, the risk is that you lose credibility in the markets about your willingness to experience a few did that, it would be important to send signals somehow that you have a plan. >> better to do it now than ever did in 2213 than a month at a time? >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. i just have one question. in view is...
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but there is a big difference between how people perceive small businesses and big corporations. small businesses are some of the most popular things in our polling. big corporations get 25% favorable. it is politically wise to go after the oil corporations and the big banks. they have been getting a break for years. but they need to make sure that they are not paying too broadly of russia's anti-business. they want to major that none of the middle-class and working- class people are getting the breaks, but small businesses, too. too. we need to reach out to those important constituents which are important to the middle of the electorate. if democrats can turn that around, it will be a big improvement in 2012 and beyond. host: on twitter. guest: i believe there is a political reality and a policy reality. i believe with minority leader pelosi and most americans that large-scale been that cuts should be off the table. plan, itike the ryan is terrible. also terrible politically. if you want to have but $4 trillion granted deficit deal, there will have to be compromising. there prob
but there is a big difference between how people perceive small businesses and big corporations. small businesses are some of the most popular things in our polling. big corporations get 25% favorable. it is politically wise to go after the oil corporations and the big banks. they have been getting a break for years. but they need to make sure that they are not paying too broadly of russia's anti-business. they want to major that none of the middle-class and working- class people are getting...
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>> there is a big future. that is a future where we are all able to freely communicate our hopes and dreams and the historical record is an item that is completely -- it could never be changed, deleted, modified. that is something is -- that is my lifelong quest to do. from that, justice lows. -- flows. most of us are reasonably intelligent. if we communicate with each other, organize, and know what is going 9, and that is pretty much what it is all about. in the short term, it is that my staff stopped hassling. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the head of the national institute of health talks about science and innovation in the u.s.. the state department calls on the syrian government to withdraw troops. that briefing is later. in case you just missed it, wikileaks founder in a forum in london. >> on tomorrows "washington journal," we continue our discussion on federal spending and the national debt. after that, pet
>> there is a big future. that is a future where we are all able to freely communicate our hopes and dreams and the historical record is an item that is completely -- it could never be changed, deleted, modified. that is something is -- that is my lifelong quest to do. from that, justice lows. -- flows. most of us are reasonably intelligent. if we communicate with each other, organize, and know what is going 9, and that is pretty much what it is all about. in the short term, it is that my...
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so that, in and of itself was a big deal for our country. and then personally, if you coupled that, the president at that time or soon after having to help and cope and help betty ford cope with having breast cancer. one can only imagine the ordeal they had to go through as a couple but as president and fist lady. what was going on in their own home and obviously across the headlines as well. host: i read an interview with betty ford that she was opposed to the party before president ford pardonned richard nixon. guest: you know, a lot of people have very strong opinions about it. and that would not surprise me. i had not heard that, but that would not surprise me. but i think again in retrospect, however people felt, it really was designed to help get the country past this dark episode called watergate. host: one of the popular campaign buttons in 1976 was this. "i'm voting for betty's husband " was the button. and gerald ford by a margin of maybe 30 or 40 or 100 delegates beat ronald reagan to win the 1976 presidential primary. that conven
so that, in and of itself was a big deal for our country. and then personally, if you coupled that, the president at that time or soon after having to help and cope and help betty ford cope with having breast cancer. one can only imagine the ordeal they had to go through as a couple but as president and fist lady. what was going on in their own home and obviously across the headlines as well. host: i read an interview with betty ford that she was opposed to the party before president ford...
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we do not get the big loopholes. they do. guest: again, i think that comment is reflective of a reality -- and i keep saying this -- that has been up there. it has given us a lot of strength to be able to say, we are going to fight for social security, fight for medicare, fight for the progressive budget to be in the discussion because that is what we are getting back from the american people. we are confident that we are taking their message to d.c. sometimes we will run afoul of our own leadership, our own president in these discussions, but our intent is not to repeat president for our leadership. our intent is to be independent voices for what we think is the american reality that nobody is talking about. host: congressman grijalva is the co-chair of the caprogressie caucus. we are now or to turn our attention to this issue in the detroit free for us this morning -- in the detroit free press this morning, betty ford. up next is noella rodriguez, who worked several years for laura bush. we will be talking to our about the
we do not get the big loopholes. they do. guest: again, i think that comment is reflective of a reality -- and i keep saying this -- that has been up there. it has given us a lot of strength to be able to say, we are going to fight for social security, fight for medicare, fight for the progressive budget to be in the discussion because that is what we are getting back from the american people. we are confident that we are taking their message to d.c. sometimes we will run afoul of our own...
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10 years is not big enough. others will vote against it because they will oppose even the slightest revenue increased. the speaker has to be looking to hold on to at least half of his side. he will lead a majority of republicans to vote for such a deal. in the senate, the same thing. a majority of senate democrats will need to vote for its rigid vote for this for a to get through. liberal democrats are more and more annoyed with the president. they think that he is selling out the store of core democratic ideals. that this is what the base of the democratic party expats -- expects. each cut that he gives in on will come back to haunt them next year. host: david, thank you for the follow-up to last night's meeting. caller: take care. host: lots going on, lots to talk about. here is one of the headlines. this is the front page of "the washington times" this sunday morning. "president to continue talks with boehner and others on the way forward." we have a crew on the hill. if folks from congress speak today, we wi
10 years is not big enough. others will vote against it because they will oppose even the slightest revenue increased. the speaker has to be looking to hold on to at least half of his side. he will lead a majority of republicans to vote for such a deal. in the senate, the same thing. a majority of senate democrats will need to vote for its rigid vote for this for a to get through. liberal democrats are more and more annoyed with the president. they think that he is selling out the store of core...
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that has played a big role. with this agreement, it would allow us to get our products in there at a faster rate and get them to people who produce them. host: last year, u.s.-colombia trade equaled $27 billion. the u.s. imports $15 billion. those include mineral fuel, precious stones, spices, coffee , plants, fruits, and nuts. guest: crude oil is probably one of our biggest imports. i think it is about $10 billion. i think most people are drinking coffee this morning. i did before i left this morning. coffee is a major agricultural imports for us. they grow bananas. when you go into the stores and see fresh fruit -- fresh cut flowers, a lot of those come from colombia. it is several million dollars' worth. is a bigger -- it is a bigger import for us from colombia than bananas. it contributes to our economy. colombian coffee is pretty much everywhere now. it is benefiting those growers. host: huntington beach, california, jerry on the democrats' line. caller: top of the morning to you. one of the callers brought
that has played a big role. with this agreement, it would allow us to get our products in there at a faster rate and get them to people who produce them. host: last year, u.s.-colombia trade equaled $27 billion. the u.s. imports $15 billion. those include mineral fuel, precious stones, spices, coffee , plants, fruits, and nuts. guest: crude oil is probably one of our biggest imports. i think it is about $10 billion. i think most people are drinking coffee this morning. i did before i left this...
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it was a big mistake i made. when i met them, the father of the boy, david, who had been killed, said to me, sister, you cannot believe that pressure on us to be for the death penalty, and i had nobody to talk to. where have you been? [unintelligible] [applause] anyway, he said, where have you been? he invited me to come and pray with 10, and through this man, he is the hero of "dead man walking." his father shared his inner journey of first trying to go to the place, because everybody was saying that, wanting to see that it dead, and he said, but i did not like the way it made me feel when i went to that place of hatred and bitterness. then i said to myself," they killed our sons, but i am not want to let them kill me. i want to do what jesus said, face to go on the road of forgiveness. around this country, telling that story, it is very important in this journey when we deal with our outrage that we feel when innocent people have been ripped from life, and corn to stand in the eye out range, feel the outrage, b
it was a big mistake i made. when i met them, the father of the boy, david, who had been killed, said to me, sister, you cannot believe that pressure on us to be for the death penalty, and i had nobody to talk to. where have you been? [unintelligible] [applause] anyway, he said, where have you been? he invited me to come and pray with 10, and through this man, he is the hero of "dead man walking." his father shared his inner journey of first trying to go to the place, because...
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they have to see the big picture. i am the big picture guy. host: npr.org breaks down the statistics about who is serving and the comparison to the vietnam era. it has gone down significantly group 2008. nbc who -- and we wee wsee who servers according to gender. race and ethnicity as we drop down a little farther, 66% of military personnel are quite, compared with 64% among the u.s. population. we can see a little bit of the picture of louis serving and in the midst of military branch by race and ethnicity -- a picture serving.who is matt writes on twitter -- guest: there's no question that been the age of an all-volunteer force, which is what we have now, the benefits have to be enough to attract people. we had a spike in recruiting. there were real problems in recruiting before 9/11. so there's a correlation. people not able to get a job elsewhere will join. people who are economically not privileged are disproportionately non-white. that is true. of more interest to me at this point is the fact that the military is not so small. that is th
they have to see the big picture. i am the big picture guy. host: npr.org breaks down the statistics about who is serving and the comparison to the vietnam era. it has gone down significantly group 2008. nbc who -- and we wee wsee who servers according to gender. race and ethnicity as we drop down a little farther, 66% of military personnel are quite, compared with 64% among the u.s. population. we can see a little bit of the picture of louis serving and in the midst of military branch by race...
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>> there's a big future. there's a deep future. the one that want for. so that is the future where we are all able to freely communicate our hearts and dreams, share information about the world with each other and the historical record is an item that is completely sack sacrosanct. it would never be changed, never be modified, never be deleted, and that we will steer of course away from the victim of he who controls the purses present controls the past. so that is something that is my life long quest to do. and from that, justice flows because most of us have an instinct for justice and most of us are reasonably intelligent. and if we can communicate with each other, organize and not be op pressed and not know what's going on pretty much the rest falls out. in the short term, it is that my staff stop hasling me to tell me to go. >> >> i wish you all the bevs another even more beautiful mission. [applause] >> here is a look at our schedule for this afternoon. next, a discussion with legal scholars on the 2010-2011 supreme court term and what's ahead for t
>> there's a big future. there's a deep future. the one that want for. so that is the future where we are all able to freely communicate our hearts and dreams, share information about the world with each other and the historical record is an item that is completely sack sacrosanct. it would never be changed, never be modified, never be deleted, and that we will steer of course away from the victim of he who controls the purses present controls the past. so that is something that is my...
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host: a big push from republicans on a balanced-budget amendment. that issue has come back to the forefront in the gop terms. what is your reaction to that, their current mantra? guest: i think the balanced budget amendment might be the worst idea -- would not say ever, but it is pretty terrible. putting a cap on total spending -- i think the house is saying 80% of gdp -- that would cripple government. it would require massive cuts to existing services, up to 70%, but it would -- in the event of recession or war, it would sharply limit what the united states could actually do. i do not imagine -- quick spending for military action -- i do not imagine that happening at all. requiring the 2/3 votes for tax increases would put this in the same situation as california is right now. they are virtually not capable of dealing with their budget problems because it requires a 2/3 majority to pass a tax measure. that has crippled the government. host: conn carroll? guest: do i have to? [laughter] i am not against the balanced budget. i think it is a way to ki
host: a big push from republicans on a balanced-budget amendment. that issue has come back to the forefront in the gop terms. what is your reaction to that, their current mantra? guest: i think the balanced budget amendment might be the worst idea -- would not say ever, but it is pretty terrible. putting a cap on total spending -- i think the house is saying 80% of gdp -- that would cripple government. it would require massive cuts to existing services, up to 70%, but it would -- in the event...
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we have a big, big government, susan, that we can't afford. this, i would argue, is all of our fault. it's not just members of congress' fault. it's all americans' fault, because we've let it get to this point. so now we're all sort of uncomfortable because we've got to make some difficult decisions. we all have to act like grown-ups. host: there are a number of stories about the president and the options available to him. here's just one in the "financial times." it says, obama faces legal dilemmas as time runs out. there are discussions about whether he can issue an executive order about the debt ceiling or use the 14th amendment to the constitution. if the president chooses to act independently, what would your reaction be? >> i'd be very disappointed. i think most of congress would be disappointed. i hope he wouldn't do this. with an issue this big, which is just a step in our debt crisis, i think the solution has to be a solution that most american people, again, reflected by this body up here, support. it would be very dangerous, i think
we have a big, big government, susan, that we can't afford. this, i would argue, is all of our fault. it's not just members of congress' fault. it's all americans' fault, because we've let it get to this point. so now we're all sort of uncomfortable because we've got to make some difficult decisions. we all have to act like grown-ups. host: there are a number of stories about the president and the options available to him. here's just one in the "financial times." it says, obama faces...